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What South Korea's Coup Can Teach Us

What South Korea's Coup Can Teach Us

Donald Trump yearns for autocracy. Americans must be ready.

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Dec 04, 2024
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South Koreans protesting President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law

Call it the era of democracy in danger. Across the world, democratic states are charting a frightening course away from their democratic systems. Those states got to their current perilous place through a variety of means: By ballot, as was the case in Argentina last year and t…

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